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Eunuchus Information
1,429 words, approx. 5 pages
 Eunuchus (The Eunuch) is a comedy written by the Roman playwright Terence featuring a complex plot of familial...




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Critical Essay by David Konstan
8,610 words, approx. 29 pages
 In the essay below, Konstan analyzes the complex and contradictory views of love presented in The Eunuch, focusing particularly on the unresolved tension between love and commerce inherent in the situation of the courtesan Thais.
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Critical Essay by W. Beare
6,200 words, approx. 21 pages
 Beare's The Roman Stage, first published in 1950 and later revised, is a critically-acclaimed survey of Roman drama and its theatrical milieu. Here, he offers detailed examinations of The Girl from Andros and The Eunich and their Menandrian sources, concluding that a "deepening of sentiment … [is Terence's chief claim to originality. "]
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Critical Essay by Douglass Parker
1,740 words, approx. 6 pages
 In the following essay, Parker discusses influences on The Eunich, concluding that Terence's individuality is evident in the play's "reasoned confusion of viewpoints [and contradiction of attitudes, that mark the best comedy.']


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